When it was getting dark, it started to rain lightly again.

The people of Jar Village became nervous again, almost every household had their lights on at night, and some people didn't sleep well all night. Wang Manyin also got up several times a night and kept running to the sidelines to check.

Fortunately, what I was worried about didn't happen.

The next day, the weather cleared completely, and the red sun rose in the direction of Higashiyama.

The hanging hearts of the people of Jar Village finally calmed down.

After getting up, Wang Manyin checked the situation in the deep ditch by the field for the first time. Yesterday's torrent has completely disappeared, and only some of the pits remain with stagnant water, in which small fish can be seen. I don't know if it was Wang Yanqiang's fish pond that ran out, or from the Dongla River upstream.

Wang Manyin's two pools have hundreds of catties of fish, and they will get some fish fry from the space to supplement them every once in a while. So he was not interested in these small fish at all, so he simply left it to the broken babies in the village to have fun.

He is now focusing on the situation of the steep slopes on three sides of his own field, and whether there are any landslides.

Since digging a well at home, Wang Manyin has always paid attention to planting grass and trees on the steep slopes, and he will water it every ten days and a half in summer.

So now the surrounding vegetation is very lush, forming a dense green fence that completely covers his house.

Even when the flash flood hit this time, only a small part of the soil slope collapsed. In the bushes, Wang Manyin also found large areas of soft ground.

It should have just grown yesterday, and I can let the orchid go back to eat as a dish later.

After checking, the family meal has been prepared.

As usual, the mother-in-law began to call the three children to get up.

Now that the summer vacation is over, the children are becoming more and more lazy, and they basically sleep until breakfast every day.

The two didn't say anything about this.

Wang Lei and Wang Xing graduated from primary school this year, and they just participated in the entrance examination held in the commune more than half a month ago, and the results should be released in a few days, so it is good for them to relax and relax temporarily.

Now unlike in later generations, small promotions need to be examined.

There are more than a dozen villages in the commune, and there are 8 or 900 students, and only less than 300 students are admitted, which is lower than the university admission rate in later generations.

For the girl, Wang Manyin and his family are not worried. Judging from the little girl's usual results, she must have been stable.

but the son...... It's a headache to mention.

This guy still hasn't opened his mind, and he's focused on playing.

I can count all kinds of mischief, and I have a mess of learning. Not only the parents have a headache, but even several teachers in the school have a headache. If it weren't for Wang Manyin's good reputation in the village, and he donated a sum of money when he rebuilt the school, it is estimated that he would be found every day.

So nine times out of ten, Wang Lei will not be admitted to junior high school.

Even so, Wang Manyin did not plan to let his son drop out of school early.

Coming from a later generation, he naturally understood the importance of knowledge. Especially in this era, the gold content of college students is very high. Even if the son is not the material for studying, he must be forced to go to junior high school, and then high school...... What if you get into college?

In short, do your best as a parent and don't let your child lose at the starting line.

Breakfast was simple, salted duck eggs and eggs, and half a pot of pumpkin scrambled. The pumpkin of the Loess Plateau is divided into two kinds, one matures relatively early, has a high moisture content inside, and the shape is curved, and the size can weigh more than ten catties. A single pumpkin was enough for the four of them to eat for a day. It's just that this pumpkin looks like a large portion, and the taste is slightly light when fried, unless you put more oil.

The other is the orange oval pumpkin, which generally matures in late autumn, the noodles are sweet, the taste is quite good, it can be eaten by steaming, boiling and stir-frying, and it is also the favorite of the people of the Loess Plateau.

"It's pumpkin salted duck eggs again, Mom, there are so many dishes in our home, you won't change them to stir-fry!" When Wang Xing saw the food on the table, he immediately pouted.

Wang Lei and Wang Tao next to him were also lacking in interest.

"Mom, if you don't give us a little money, let's go to Brother Maodan's house to buy some bread and deal with it!" As he spoke, Wang Lei stretched out his hand.

"You see I have bread on my face...... In a few days, the results of the entrance examination will come down, and I will see what you will eat then! Orchid frowned, and directly hit her son's palm with chopsticks.

Seeing this, Wang Tao hurriedly shrunk his neck and took a salted egg and knocked it open. This guy has always acted by his face.

"It hurts, Mom, why don't you hit my sister?" Wang Lei opened his mouth very aggrieved.

"If you want to have Wang Xing's grades, I will buy you bread to eat every day. Your father and I got up at dawn and cooked the raw rice...... When you are asked to live in someone else's house for a month, you will definitely be hungry. ”

Seeing that their mother was angry, the three children didn't dare to talk back, and honestly picked up the chopsticks and started.

Sometimes, Wang Manyin is also a little depressed, and always feels that he is a little spoiled to raise children. But the living conditions of their own family are like this, they can't deliberately eat bran vegetables, let them taste the bitter rice every once in a while.

As for how to make your child excellent...... This is the problem of the century. Although Wang Manyin has accumulated a lot of life experience, he cannot guarantee that he will be able to do so.

Haven't you seen that some education experts in later generations can't teach their own children?

What Wang Manyin can do is to ensure that the three children do not go down the wrong path, and let them start from a higher starting point than their peers as much as possible.

When you become an adult, you can do whatever you want, and your children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. He and Orchid can't worry about it for the rest of their lives.

While eating, Mao Dan came over with two young people.

Hearing the shouting, Wang Manyin walked to the edge of the field with a rice bowl.

"Uncle Man Yin, wait to pull out your pumping machine and use it?"

"What are you doing, watering this day?" Wang Manyin asked suspiciously.

"Instead of watering, several wells in the village were flooded, and the well water turned into muddy water...... Man Hoard was afraid that if he waited for two more days, the silt would sink to the bottom of the well, and the well would be completely abandoned, so he wanted to use a pump to dig it once. ”

In fact, at the beginning of the excavation of the village well, the problem of muddy water backfilling was also considered, and the well platform was deliberately raised more than half a meter above the ground. But last night's flash flood was so strong that several wells were flooded. In the past two days, the villagers have been cooking with rain and sedimented muddy water.

In addition, in addition to a few draft wells in the village, other flooded wells also had to be cleaned......

"Alright, you guys come and pull the pump now." Wang Manyin directly agreed.

He had almost eaten by this time, and he drank all the porridge in his bowl, and then went to the well to help.

Four or five people were in a hurry, and finally pulled the pump out of the bottom of the well.

Then, Wang Manyin shook the hand-held tractor and drove towards the village, while Mao Dan and a few people pushed hard behind him, cleaning up the mud on the wheels from time to time.

When the machine was fixed, there was a sudden sound, and the muddy mud water finally gushed out of the well.

Many people got the news and came over to join in the fun.

Taking advantage of the large number of people, Wang Qingming once again mentioned the construction of the Dragon King Temple.

He muttered about collecting money before, but Wang Manchu stopped him.

However, after this incident, the people in the village became more and more anxious, and discussed starting work after autumn.

***

At noon, Wang Manchu returned from reporting to work at the Shibijie Commune, and also brought back some latest news.

Many roads leading from the Shibijie commune to the former western county town were washed away, and a large landslide occurred. Depending on the situation, it is estimated that it will take at least a week to open to traffic.

According to preliminary statistics, more than 80 cave houses collapsed, more than 40 large and small livestock were drowned, and several others were swept away by flash floods.

In comparison, the loss of Jar Village is the smallest.

Now emergency rescue and disaster relief is the first priority, everything is behind, the commune has reported the disaster, and it is estimated that the public grain will not have to be paid this year.

This is a good thing for those who suffer.

Of course, Wang Manyin's small workshop can only be temporarily suspended.

However, he and Orchid were not idle, but like the rest of the village, they went into the ground early to support the seedlings.

A torrential rainstorm buried almost all the crops under a thick layer of silt. If you can't pull the crops out now, wait for the mud to dry, it is estimated that they will all die.

Of course, the two of them mainly cleaned up a few acres of corn and sunflowers in Chuandao, and did not care about the cumin planted on the slope.

Cumin, unlike other crops, can be grown by cuttings. As long as the roots don't die, they can survive.

It wasn't until a week later that most of the traces of the flood had finally faded and the vegetation of the Loess Plateau was revitalized.

The weather is hot again, and the roads are completely dry.

As soon as he learned that the original West County was opened to traffic, Wang Manyin arranged for someone to load all kinds of fried goods that had been packaged some time ago.

In addition to the four members of his family, there are also Shaoping and Tian Xiaoxia, as well as the two children of Shao'an's family.

Fortunately, the four-wheel rear body is large enough, even if it is loaded with more than 2,000 catties of roasted goods, there is still enough space for them to sit.

Tian Xiaoxia originally planned to come to Yuanxi County to cover the food problem, but now the entire newspaper is concerned about the reconstruction of the flood in the south, and she has to rush back to duty, so the interview will naturally not end.

As for why he brought orchids and children, Wang Manyin promised to take them to the capital before the summer vacation. In the current situation, there is a big mess at home, and the travel plan can only be temporarily suppressed.

To make up for it, buy a villain book for each of the children later.

With people in the body, Wang Manyin didn't dare to drive too fast. It used to take an hour and a half to travel, but it took almost two hours to run, and it was almost noon before I arrived at the county seat.

Now that the county continues to basically return to normal, only some traces of the flood can be seen from the houses on the side of the road.

Sending Shaoping and Tian Xiaoxia to the bus station, Wang Manyin drove a four-wheeled car and stopped near the county supply and marketing cooperative.

Seeing that the door of the warehouse was locked, he had to leave the orchid to watch the children and the four-wheeled vehicle. I went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to borrow a bicycle and rode to find Guo Weidong.

When Wang Manyin returned to the warehouse with Guo Weidong, he found Orchid and several children squatting in the shade, eating a popsicle in their hands.

"Man Yin, there was a popsicle seller passing by just now. I bought a few, and yours too, eat them quickly, don't wait for them to finish......"

"Thank you, sister-in-law," Guo Weidong thanked and reached out to take it.

However, Wang Manyin was a little surprised: "Weidong, is there a popsicle factory in the county now?" ”

As early as a few years ago, a popsicle factory had been built in Huangyuan City, and Wang Manyin ate it twice when he was buying raw materials.

It's a pity that this thing can't be stored for a long time, so I didn't bring it to my family.

Unexpectedly, now there is also the original West County.

"Well," Guo Weidong nodded and said, "It was changed from the original soy sauce factory in our county, which was produced before the rain, and now it is wholesaled to the outside world. Fifty give sixteen, and many idlers in the county sell popsicles in foam boxes. ”

"Two points and eight sticks, fifty for sixteen...... We bought it for five cents a piece, which also made too much money. That is, the purchase price is actually lower, and the cost of a popsicle is only two cents...... Dad, this is more profitable than our family selling fried goods! As soon as he heard Guo Weidong finish speaking, Wang Xing's eyes were purring, and he had already figured out the details.

"The wholesale price of sixty-six popsicles is four cents a piece, if it costs five cents a piece, you can recover the cost by selling twenty-eight, and the rest is profit, and you can earn two dollars a day." Wang Lei is also counting.

Then, he excitedly said to Guo Weidong: "Uncle Weidong, I see that they sell popsicles, how long can they keep the foam box without melting?" ”

"About seven or eight hours," Guo Weidong replied somewhat mechanically.

That's a lot of calculations!

He looked at the two children in front of him, and a sentence couldn't help but pop up in his mind: "Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and mice are born to make holes." ”

Brother Wang is a shrewd businessman, and the children are not bad.

"Eight hours, that should be enough."

Wang Lei immediately turned his head and said, "Dad, you buy me a foam box, it's okay to be idle during the summer vacation, I can go to the commune market to sell popsicles!" ”

"I'm going to ...... too," Wang Xing also raised his hand.

Wang Manyin didn't know what to say, so when he came to the city, the two children actually started a popsicle business.

They only see a big profit, but they don't think that there is a risk: there is no refrigerator at home to store it, and if they can't sell the popsicles in time, they will lose money.

However, Wang Manyin is still very pleased, they can think of this, and they have surpassed their peers by a lot. It doesn't matter if you make money or not.

"What do you sell, you think it's so easy to sell popsicles. It's too hot......" Orchid reprimanded.

Without waiting for her mother-in-law to finish speaking, Wang Manyin intercepted the conversation: "Buy, wait until I buy one for each of you." ”

Seeing her husband's statement, Orchid immediately stopped speaking.

"Dad, really, great!" The two guys cheered.

Wang Tao, Huzi and Yajie also clapped their hands excitedly, and even said that they could eat popsicles in the future.

"No, you have to pay for popsicles!" Wang Lei righteously refused.

"I'm your brother,"

"Brothers settle accounts ......"

After eating the popsicles, Wang Manyin and Guo Weidong began to unload the car.

More than 2,000 catties of goods, 34 snakeskin bags, easily unloaded in more than ten minutes.

After finishing the work, Wang Manyin and Orchid took the children to ride to the soy sauce factory to buy foam boxes.

On the way, Orchid couldn't help but speak: "You too, let them fool around on a hot day, what if they can't sell it and melt it all?" ”

"How can it be smooth sailing in business, it is normal to lose money and make money, just let them experience the difficulty of making money." Wang Manyin said what he thought.

When they came to the door of the soy sauce factory, they saw a big red paper pasted on the wall, with the words wholesale ice cream written on it.

At this moment, many people in the courtyard are pushing bicycles to buy.

Wang Manyin directly approached the salesman and smiled at the other party: "Comrade, are you Director Li at work today?" ”

"Do you know Director Li?" The saleswoman looked up in confusion and asked.

"Well, we've had a drink together."

Wang Manyin didn't lie to the other party, they really drank together before.

Bottom line: Even in the original Xixian County, Wang Manyin is now a small person, and he has naturally known a lot of people over the years.

(End of chapter)